Display Control Method and Computer Program Product Thereof

Abstract

One aspect of the present invention can include a display control for a dialog box to be displayed on a display device, which includes determining if voice reading software for making pronunciation based on a character string displayed on the display device is available, and displaying a dialog box on the display device in a first display aspect when it is determined that the voice reading software is not available, and displaying a dialog box on a display device in a second display aspect when it is determined that the voice reading software is available. Also, the second display aspect is more adaptable to the voice reading software than the first display aspect.

1 . A computer program product including a display control program embodied on a computer-readable medium, the display control program causing a computer capable of accessing a display device to execute:
 an installation determination process for determining if voice reading software for making pronunciation based on a character string displayed on the display device has been installed; and   switching process for displaying a dialog box on the display device in a first display aspect when it is determined by the installation determination process that the voice reading software has not been installed, and displaying a dialog box on the display device in a second display aspect when it is determined by the installation determination process that the voice reading software has been installed, wherein the second display aspect is more adaptable to the voice reading software than the first display aspect.   
   
   
       2 . The computer program product according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the display control program causes the computer to execute activation determination process for determining whether the voice reading software has been activated or not; and   in the switching process, the dialog box is displayed in the second display aspect when the voice reading software has been installed and activated.   
   
   
       3 . The computer program product according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the display control program causes the computer to execute a user's selection process for allowing a user to select whether or not to adopt the display aspect determined by the switching process; and   in the switching process, the dialog box is displayed in the display aspect determined by the switching process only when the user selects the display aspect determined by the switching process, in the user's selection process.   
   
   
       4 . The computer program product according to  claim 1 , wherein a character string related to installation work for a predetermined program is displayed in the dialog box. 
   
   
       5 . The computer program product according to  claim 1 , wherein the display control program causes the computer to execute installation selection process for selectively installing a first program enabling the first display aspect or a second program enabling the second display aspect, in accordance with the determination by the switching process. 
   
   
       6 . The computer program product according to  claim 1 , wherein the first display aspect includes a first character string and the second display aspect includes a second character string. 
   
   
       7 . The computer program product according to  claim 6 , wherein the first character string is simpler that the second character string making the first character string more adaptable than the second character string. 
   
   
       8 . The computer program product according to  claim 6 , wherein the second character string is a larger size than the first character string. 
   
   
       9 . The computer program product according to  claim 1 , wherein a character string indicating the more detailed contents of the dialog box is displayed in the second display aspect than in the first display aspect. 
   
   
       10 . The computer program product according to  claim 1 , wherein a larger-size character string is displayed in the second display aspect than in the first display aspect. 
   
   
       11 . A display control method for a dialog box to be displayed on a display device, the method comprising the steps of:
 determining if voice reading software for making pronunciation based on a character string displayed on the display device is available; and   displaying a dialog box on the display device in a first display aspect when it is determined that the voice reading software is not available, and displaying a dialog box on the display device in a second display aspect when it is determined that the voice reading software is available, wherein the second display aspect is more adaptable to the voice reading software than the first display aspect.